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BCD is the UK's definitive free guide to resources for the conservation and repair of the historic built environment. Created by Cathedral Communications. Find Historic Churches and the BCD here: www.buildingconservation.com

The image shows the outside of the former church of St Osmund (Grade II*) in Parkstone, Dorset, was designed by ES Prior and Arthur Grove and completed in 1916. Following structural problems it was sold in 2005 but it remains a place of worship, now as St Dunstan’s Antiochian Orthodox Church.
Image showing the interior of Bramdean east end tin tabernacle church with the original brown wood panelling and matching pews. Credit: Michael Hill-King
Image of Heritage Open Day bunting hung up at Brindley Mill. Image credit - Paul Harris
Inside Austins department store in Derry, with old shop floors, vintage signs and views over the River Foyle. Image credit: Discover Northern Ireland
1 High Shore, a merchant’s house in Banff, painted in pink, next to Scotland’s oldest pub and a medieval churchyard.”
Image of St Mary's Church tower showing the clockface with a lovely blue sky as a backdrop.
Interior of Crewe's Lyceum Theatre showing the rows of bright red seating and different levels of the theatre with the ornate gold decoration. Image credit - Lyceum Theatre
Two people walking up to Seaton Delaval Hall, a Grade I listed country house in Northumberland, England, near the coast just north of Newcastle upon Tyne. One is carrying her Heritage Open Day bag. Photo credit: Paul Harris.
Image of Lichfield Cathedral door showing the intricate stone and wood carving, both figures and stonework.
Full view of Braemar Castle in Scotland with a bright blue sky behind it. This is advertising their Heritage Open Day 2025.
Organ of St. Stephen's Basilica, Budapest. Credit: Edoardo Botez, Unsplash
Modern photo of Christ Church Cathedral, Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. A Gothic Revival Church, this photo was taken in the summer and show flowers and gardens outside the church and blue skies and clouds behind it.
Picturesque, thatched 17th century pub, the Drewe Arms in Dartmoor. Image shown in the summer with hanging baskets. Image credit: Useyourlocal